Florida unveiled a new tourism slogan last week: "Your Florida Side is Calling."
Not exactly knocking your socks off, is it?
But then, my guess is the folks at DDB Miami, the advertising agency that devised the $6.1 million campaign for Visit Florida,...

Seminole teachers are on Spring Break next week, but someÂ plan to dedicate part of one day off to protest a teacher merit pay plan that has rocketed through the Legislature this month. Teachers plan to rally Monday, April 5 at 10 a.m. outside Sen. Lee Co

Big public rallies by teachers and their supporters in oppositionÂ toÂ controversial merit-pay legislation are planned across the state Thursday and beyond, but theÂ pressure on lawmakers is also comingÂ by phone, e-mail and online as well.

More than 50 teachers on Spring Break and their supporters rallied near downtown Orlando Thursday in opposition to merit-pay bills making their way through the Legislature. Holding hand-painted signs with slogans such as âA child is more than a test sco

By Keith LaingÂ Â Â Â The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Increased inspection requirements for septic tanks near Florida springs remained above water in the Florida Senate Tuesday after clearing a final committee, setting up a

By Julie Patel, Tallahassee Bureau The Florida Senate on Tuesday refused to confirm two of Gov. Charlie Crist's appointees to the Public Service Commission. The Senate voted against confirming commissioners David Klement of Bradenton and Benjamin âSteve

TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers limped across the finish line to close the 2010 legislative session last week, exiting a fractured political environment with some signature wins and bruised feelings. For members of the Central Florida delegation, the out

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Well, it certainly sounds official: Oil drilling is dead — at least for now. That's straight from the mouth of drilling's most power advocate: Speaker-designate Dean Cannon. “I don't see anything happening for the next two or three years,” th

By Keith LangÂ Â The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The chairman of the committee that will help choose the replacements for ousted Public Service Commissioners David Klement and Benjamin âSteveâ Stevens will be among the

The Public Service Commission Nominating Council voted Thursday to send eight names to Gov. Charlie Crist for two vacancies on the five-member board. The council interviewed 28 candiates and, according to an Associated Press report, settled on the following fi